Salvadore Ponce De Leon

Fear the Beast Poem by Salvadore Ponce De Leon

Fear of the Beast

The Beast rises again. He rears his ugly head. Whip! Whip! Strike! Strike! He hits my heart with a sickening thud. I stir at night, crippled by fear. Oh, how I dread the night… Oh, how it hurts me… As the moon rises, this dread rises too. Whip! Whip! Strike! Strike! I writhe at the pain, which this dark force inflicts on me. Oh, how I curse this sadness, which is in my heart. Whip! Whip! Strike! Strike! By day, I am brave. By night, I am like a mouse — Which is terrified by a Lilliputian. Oh, I curse the beast that makes me weak.